My body is a diary

I gave my bird away

released it on a winter's day

I hid the cage away in the darkest corner of my cave

Drew circles in the snow

developed a strong vertigo

I tried to forgot but memories are like tattoos

I carry them with me

my body is a diary

might not show it right away

it remembers every day

I write on paper not my skin

read my arm like poetry

scars cover memories

they keep them safe, lock them away

I carry them with me

my body is a diary

read me like poetry

my body is a diary